Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-04
LADIES COLUMN.
SaIutary Sermonizing to ADpreciatiVe
Audiences on Topics Touching
Home Interests.
Triple Sleeves Succeeding tho Sleeve
less AbsurdIsy-HamB Gowns Easy
and GRACEFUL
Economy or Strength Prescribed for the
Houseket per-Home-U Made Gifts
Notes, Recipes, ETC.
THE SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN.
Boston Advertiser.

And all the girls and women merely Wearersi
They have the ir fashions and their f1Dtastcs,
And one she in her lime wears many garment
| throughout her Seven Stages First, L e Ua5Y
Beftil ed q broidered, In h.r nurses arms,
AID then the trim hosed schoolgirl, with ne
| 1ounces,
And smsll- boy -scorning face, tripping skirt
wagginely,
| Coquetishly TO school. And then the nlrt,
Dgling like Gree, with business s Jade
! KepI on rer low cut corset. Then BRIDE
Full of strange fine ~, vest red Ike an angel,
Vciled vigorously, yet vigilant at Rlapre,
Seeking the WOmsn's heaven, Admiration,
Ev n at the altar stfps. And then The maron
Ia fair rich velvets, wi suave sat'n lined,
| With ewes severe aud skirts of youthful cut,
Fall of dress laws and modi instances,
To teach her girls their pare. The sixth age
shifts
Into the gray. yet gorgeous erandmanma,
With gold pince nee on n Sc and fan a. side,
Her youthful taste still strsng and worldly
wise
In suDpsuary law, NeE quaveriog voice,
| p osing of Fashion and LIE llet, pipes
OF robes and BARGAINS re. Last scene of al,
That ends the Se1's Mode-swaysd hist ~,
| In sec nd childishness and sheer oblivion
or youth, taste, passion, 1ll-een love of Dress.
The desire of the female heart for nov
elites seems to meet its fulfillment this
season In all kinds Of extravagRncies in
fashioning sleeves. The plain coat held
its sway 80 long, and Is still the fayorite
for street dress, that many have prophe-
| sised it would never be Supplanted by
any of fashions freaks. But the japan
csc and Chinese fancies have not been
confined to jars, fans and decorations,
but also finds expression in dress.
One Of the latest novelties is seen in G
gown, where material sufficient for an
other dress is msssed on the shoulders
and hangs from them in sway that may
oe graceful, but Is certainly iDcoEveDient.
/ A mr. ioyr of hio -, [En
tain sleeve, which consist of squares Of
China silk fastened by 8 corner to the
shoulder and passed around the waist
and caught together st one side this gives
| 4 kerchief effect, but let not the reader
imagine this answers the purpose of a
| sleeves by no means. Il is necessary to
| supplement this with tight-ftting coat
| sleeve to the waist and en elbow sleeve
| hanging In square ends, then the 'kerchelf
or curtsin sleeve, Masking virtually three
| sleeves to one gown. Again, Waen the
costume is combination of two colors,
the upper and lower halves OF the, sleeves
are Of the two different c0lOrs, giving
! most sigulsr effect.
| ( The modern house dress offers hle OPP
ERortuniSy for the exercise of taste and
diversity OF talent. There is no Iimits-
Con as 10 the ers CT the style, nor TO car
fag QH5 ideeiism in the 9sshiOnIGg.
DFessEaaEing bids fair to be ranked among
the fne arts, snd deservedlv, for the re-
quirements are that a costume Shall not
only be fashionable, but the co5tumer is
TO make study Of the weGrer and adop5
her Ideas TO the purpose CT making the
woman to be dressed q pleasure to the
beholder from the appropriateness and
beauty Of her toilet.
l. is the house gown that best displays
originality, and there is no lack Of ma
terials suitable for artistic design and
graceful effect. Nothing can be more
adaptive than the soft India eilks, thst
have no equals in delicate tints and
beautiful figures.
TIE tea gown is pre-eminently the
house COVE, and provides against any
necessity of shsbbines or untidiness by
It's esse, good shape, full drapery and
dainty finish. A woman can lounge
corsetless in her room, ana SET rise ct
once to receive visitors SO Costumed that
no apology is necessary.
In millinery, IS in dress making, much
latitude is permitted. Bonnets are worn
and so are hats. Bonnets have strings
and bonnets have no strings. When
strings are used the fsvorite way to
arrange them is to tie OR twist in knot,
double the ENDS lepgthwise and pin them
with fancy pins. These pins come in
all kind of designs, but whether
jewel or figure it is minute |
aud OF the most delicate workmanship |
There seems to be stesdy growth of |
favor for the black bonnet, it has the ad- |
vantage CT being suitable to wear with |
any costume, and If bright colors form q
part OF the garniture is we'll adapted TO !
youthful toilet. Fit is much used in |
both hats and bonuets, one of Of the nov
elites is this material made to initiate |
straw braid. Little girls wear large black |
felt rats with coachmen coats Of tgn col |
ored cloth.
AS the cold season advances, long |
cloaks are worn, and long implies reach
ing to the bottom of the skirt and envel- |
opipg the entire form. Some Of these |
outside garments have sling sleeves, |
while others have long pointed sleeves |
falling nearly TO the bottom of the gar
ment. AS all things Russian are in |
vogue this season, the cloak proves no |
exception, and the Russian circular is re-
vived much in the same fashion as when |
worn several winters ago.
Gentlemen who have teen so long Suf- |
fering in the matter of trains will be glad |
to know that short dresses Will be worn |
in bathrooms, and sensible msmmss will |
rejoice equally to know that evening |
dresses designed by our best American !
modistes show only moderate heart and |
Vshaped openings back and front. One |
very pretty one recently made is OF black |
marquise lace over rose colored silk, ind |
garnished with jet, rose colored ostrich |
tips and ribbon. The fronts sre cut mar |
row, and laced over vest made OF the |
lace laid full leDgthwise; the neck is cut |
square, and outlined With revers covered |
with jet, which terminate in O standing, |
slightly 1aripg collar at the back; and |
the ordinary coat-sleeVes are finished |
" tn 8 narrow scarf placed around at the |
elbow snd secured with e jet ornsment.
Another quite as simple, is of white |
WOODEN goods and ruby velvet. The cor
sage is 8 plain pointed waist, high neck |
aud sleeves fulled into the srmsize snd at |
the elbow into broad band OF velvet |
The velvet is V shaped back aud front,
extending midway to the waist and to
the throat with G high collar, hav-
ing small buttons on each end, |
the velvet front buttoning with small |
button to the bust line, where 3 full |
drapery crosses TO each side. This piece
is gathered into q small spsce on the
shoulder ct the armsize, and st the waist |
line it is held by q pointed girdle Of vel
vet that is seWed into the sesm next TO |
the OAR, seam ON each side. The. skirt hes |
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